How the Sesame Street puppets virtually filmed Elmo's Playdate special

The New York Times

The Tuesday special that will help kids deal with the coronavirus quarantine was filmed with the puppeteers at their homes. “If Fallon and Colbert can do it, so can Elmo,” said Ben Lehmann, executive producer of Sesame Street. Peter Linz, who has played Ernie since 2017, found it a bit challenging working on the puppet entirely by himself. “There are so many moving parts,” said Linz. “In the studio, you have a person who’s responsible for each one of those moving parts.”